50 DAYS TO ROCKSTARDOM
Follow KINGVEGAS as he spends the last 50 days of his 43rd year pursuing his life's dream of Rockstardom for perhaps the last time.
Began on Monday April 11, 2011, this blog, vlog and so forth will chronicle KINGVEGAS' attempt to make major changes in the trajectory of his musical career. Please feel free to get your username and add your thoughts and wisdom to the process.
Doubt, procrastination, indecision...
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- Published on Monday, 07 November 2011 14:04
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Doubt, procrastination and indecision. Have these issues ever haunted you? Doubt- "Can I do this? Is this the right thing to do? Is there something else that I should be doing?" etc. Procrastination- maybe we can call this "reverse prioritization" in that we may do everything except for what we should be doing but why? Indecision- "Maybe I should do this instead of that?" "Oh crap- did I do the wrong thing?" "Am I wasting my time?" etc. I would say they are all dysfunctional siblings that slow us down and prevent us from finding the happiness and success that we seek in life.
Motivation for the masses...
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- Published on Monday, 12 December 2011 18:18
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Bills, laundry, sleep, eat, shower, shave, kids, holidays. Oh the things that can get in the way of productivity but must nonetheless be addressed on a daily basis. These factors can really slow down a musician (entrepreneur) who lacks an outside structure to give them specific daily tasks and schedules. How do we overcome these natural obstacles to being productive?
Making changes...
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- Published on Friday, 13 January 2012 17:20
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Derek Sivers- the founder of CDBaby- the largest independent CD distributor around- once offered this sage and oft-repeated comment regarding adulthood and doing business- "Life is like high school". I first heard that back in the 90's and it struck me as odd but I must admit that it in my experience (and apparently in many others') it has been proven to be true.
In high school all I wanted to be is a rock star. I spent most every free moment practicing my guitar and trying to put or keep bands together with a variety of high school- then older individuals. I admit that it's never been easy to get a good gig or keep it together but I've always tried!
The Fruit and the Flower...
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- Published on Wednesday, 21 September 2011 16:46
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There is a quote from the Tao Te Ching- "Focus on the fruit- not the flower". I have been struggling to not only figure out what my "fruit" and "flower" is but even try to understand the nature of the "fruit" and the "flower".
As a full-time pro musician I am in fact a self-employed individual aspiring to be a small-business owner. Based on the assumption that I'm a pro (as in careeer) musician my "fruit" could be construed as financial or artistic.
Motorcycle lessons...
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- Published on Sunday, 25 September 2011 16:01
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As an avid motorcyclist of 6 years I have gone from feathering the clutch in my driveway to doing endless loops, stops, starts and shifts in a parking lot to hitting corners in the country at high speeds. Though I have learned a lot about riding a motorcycle every day is a learning experience and an opportunity to improve. Smoother shifting, faster turning, better stops, etc.
Priorities...
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- Published on Wednesday, 14 September 2011 16:16
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Priorities- what are they? The most important things that you do? The most important things that you think about? The most important things that you're supposed to do? THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT YOU KNOW THAT YOU OUGHT TO DO BUT FOR WHATEVER REASON HAVEN'T GOTTEN DONE YET????